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Greek Falafel Gyro with Homemade Tzatziki

Course Lunch
Cuisine Greek-inspired
Fridge Life? 3 days
Freezable? No
Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Calories 412kcal
Author Dora

Ingredients

Assembly

  • 4 wholewheat pitta breads
  • 2 tomatoes chopped into smaller pieces
  • 1 cup lettuce washed, chopped into small pieces
  • 1 cucumber sliced into thin circles
  • ½ red onion sliced for garnish

Falafel (makes 12)

  • 1 cup dried chickpeas
  • ½ cup fresh parsley
  • ½ red onion
  • 3 garlic cloves
  • ½ tsp cumin
  • ½ tsp coriander
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ tbsp olive oil for the mixture
  • 3 tbsp olive oil to grease the baking sheet

Tzatziki

  • ½ large cucumber
  • 6 tablespoon yogurt (full fat)
  • 2 tsps apple cider vinegar
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped or crushed
  • 1 teaspoon salt omit for babies

Instructions

To make the falafel

  • Soak the chickpeas for 4 hours at room temperature and up to 24 hours in the fridge.
  • Drain the chickpeas.
  • Preheat the oven to 180 C / 360 F.
  • In a food processor add the onion, garlic, parsley, salt, coriander, cumin and chop.
  • Add the chickpeas and olive oil and blend until you have a smooth falafel mixture.
  • Grease the baking sheet with olive oil. We do this do the falafel can crisp up.
  • Using your hands scoop 2 tablespoons of mixture and shape into patties. Shape the falafel into small patties (they should be about 2 inches wide and ½ inch thick)
  • Place each falafel on your oiled baking sheet.
  • Bake for 30 minutes, flipping them gently after 20 minutes.

Tzatziki

  • Make the tzatziki by grating the cucumber, salt it a tiny bit and squeeze out all the liquid. Mix it with the yogurt, vinegar and garlic.

Assembly

  • Wash and cut up all the salad ingredients into smaller pieces
  • Warm the pittas by either placing them in the warm oven for about 2 min or toaster. Oven will make them softer.
  • Assemble the pittas. Layer each with tzatziki, falafel and salad.

Nutrition

Serving: 1adult serving | Calories: 412kcal | Carbohydrates: 71g | Protein: 18g | Fat: 7g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 2g | Cholesterol: 4mg | Sodium: 1502mg | Potassium: 955mg | Fiber: 12g | Sugar: 11g | Vitamin A: 1381IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 185mg | Iron: 5mg